Dale Earnhardt Jr. and family are okay following plane crash in Tennessee

Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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A private jet carrying NASCAR driver and analyst Dale Earnhardt Jr., his wife, Amy, and their 1-year-old daughter crashed in eastern Tennessee on Thursday afternoon, Elizabethton Fire Chief Barry Carrier said.

After landing, the Cessna Citation ran off the runway and caught fire, officials said. Earnhardt's sister, Kelley, tweeted that "everyone is safe and has been taken to the hospital for further evaluation. We have no further information at this time. Thank you for your understanding."

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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.